{"product_id":"9789819278534","title":"Narrating the Politics of Returning Return Infrastructures, Trajectories and Agency","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNarrating the Politics of Returning\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReturn Infrastructures, Trajectories and Agency\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSusan Beth Rottmann | Soner Barthoma | Zeynep Şahin-Mencütek\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis open access edited book examines return migration as a non-linear, contested and unfinished process through 15 migrant narratives, many co-authored with migrants. Drawing on comparative qualitative research across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, it analyses deportation, pushbacks, assisted voluntary return, circular mobility and reintegration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe narratives encompass experiences connected to Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Türkiye, Kosovo and Iraq. They show how return migration infrastructures and border regimes shape deportability, irregularisation, uncertainty, stigma and insecure belonging, while migrants navigate constrained choices, family obligations and changing aspirations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBringing migrant-centred storytelling into dialogue with migration studies and public sociology, the book treats narrative as a mode of knowledge production rather than simply as illustration. Its analytical framework connects return migration infrastructures, trajectories and agency, while dignity provides a normative lens for considering recognition, security and viable futures. The volume contributes a collaborative, public-facing account of how return is lived, narrated and negotiated across differing legal and political contexts. It will be of interest to researchers and postgraduate students in migration studies, sociology, anthropology, politics and refugee studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Beth Rottmann\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Özyeğin University, Türkiye. Her research examines migration, gender, belonging and citizenship. She is author of \u003cem\u003eIn Pursuit of Belonging\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) and has published in leading migration and sociology journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoner Barthoma\u003c\/strong\u003e is Project Coordinator at the Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Religion and Society, Uppsala University, Sweden. His research focuses on migration governance, migrant return and displacement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZeynep Şahin-Mencütek\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Global Migration and Politics at Osnabrück University, Germany. She is author of \u003cem\u003eRefugee Governance, State and Politics in the Middle East \u003c\/em\u003e(2018) and co-author of \u003cem\u003eSyrian Refugees in \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eTurkey\u003c\/em\u003e (2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789819278534\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62349728579724,"sku":"9789819278534","price":34.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819278534.tif?v=1791402232","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789819278534","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}